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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
I know they are obsolete as being the main bad ass of any fleet, but I was under the impression that a few were still operational? They can still carry missles and put the hurt on.
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The last of the battleships was retired from service with the last two the Iowa and Missouri being decommission in 2006 after spending some time as reserve units not at sea.
While they boasted some pretty awesome firepower including 9 16 inch guns that could fire shells the size of basically phone booths 25 miles, and they did have tomahawk cruise missiles added later, the shore bombardment abilities were replaced by Marine Harriers and missile cruisers.